Drawer-pull.



S. R. GARTLEDGB.

DRAWER PULL.

APPLIoATIoN FILED Nov. 27, 1909.

955,760. Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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SARAH REBECCA CARTLEDGE, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

DRAWER-PULL.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH Rnnncc.\ CART- Lencn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Pulls, ot which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in drawer pulls for use on the drawers o'tl wash stands, dressers and other articles ot furniture, the object o't' the invention being to provide an improved article oitI this character which may be secured to the drawer without the employment of bolts, screws or the like and which is not liable to become casually detached from the drawer, the invention consisting in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings -F igure l is a perspective View showing' a portion of the inner side of a drawer front provided with a drawer pull constructed in accordance with this invention. F ig. 2 is a horizontal sectional View of the same, the drawer pull being shown in plan and the plate thereof being shown in longitudinal section.

In accordance with my invention, I provide a plate l which, in practice, is placed on the front side of a drawer e and is preferably stamped up or embossed as here shown to present an ornamental appearance. The said plate :is provided at suitable points with openings 2 which register with corresponding openings 3 in the front of the drawer and in the said registering openings are placed arms 4t, the outer ends of which are provided with enlarged eyes or heads 5 which bear against the outer side of the plate l and secure the latter in place on the front of the drawer. The said arms t project rearwardly or inwardly from the front of the drawer and are provided 'with adjusting o enings 6 at suitable distances apart. ashers 7 are placed on the said arms and bea-r against the inner side of the drawer and a securing wire 8 which con- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 27, 190.9.

nects the said arms 4t has its ends turned downwardly as at 9 and inserted in the adi Patented Apr. 19, 1910. Serial No. 530,198.

justing openings which are immediately next the said washers so that the said wire serves to secure the said washers and the arms in place and prevents the casual detachment thereo't'. A bail or handle l() which is preferably made from a single piece of rod or wire oitl suitable length and dialneter is provided at its ends with arms ll, the ends 12 ol which extend through and are pivotally mounted in the openings in the eyes or heads 5 o't` the arms 4l. IVhen not in use, the said bail or handle by gravity drops to a vertical position in liront of the drawer and by grasping the same it will be understood that th-e drawer .may be readily pulled out or opened.

The plate is in practice made of spring metal and is elastic so that by bearing at its end and side edges on the front oi the drawer its intern'iediate portion tends to spring outwardly and said intermediate portion being engaged by the heads 5 el the arms 4t, the said plate tends to draw the said arms forwardly or outwardly so as to keep the washers 7 closely engaged with the inner side ol the t'ront ot the drawer and the wire 8 closely engaged with the said washers.

IIaving thus described the invention, what is claimed, is

The herein described drawer pull comprising a plate to bear against the it'ront side of a drawer, said plate and front side of the drawer having coincident openings, arms for said openings having heads bearing on the :t'ront side of said plate, said arms being provided at points within the drawer front with adjusting` openings, washers on said arms against the inner side ot the drawer front, a securing wire connecting the said arms and extending through certain ot the said adjusting' openings to bear against said washers, and a handle or bail having its ends pivotally connected to the heads or front ends of the said arms.

In testimony whereot I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SARAH REBECCA (lAR'lLllDGll.

Witnesses E. I". CII'rLnREss, JAMES E. lVAlnncN. 

